For this exercise I was asked to draw a sequence of six different poses lasting ten minutes each.

I again drew my husband as we are in lockdown and I have no other options. He was working so I had to work around him working.

This time I used a white pencil on black paper.

When drawing I tried to emphasise his three dimensional form and I tried to remember the work I did on basic shapes when blocking out my drawings.

I drew the whole figure in each of my drawings and didn’t concern myself too much with detail. I tried to focus on proportion whilst at the same time creating a sense of weight and three dimensional form.

Below are my drawings.

The first thing I notice about my drawings when putting them together is the proportions are different. For example in drawing 2 & 5 the heads appear larger than in the other drawings. Also in drawing 5 the foot appears smaller than in the other drawings. My first assumption for these differing proportions was that I had just got them wrong. However I now think it was just the way he was positioned or the way I was positioned when drawing him. For example where the heads look bigger in relation to the rest of the body this is because I was closer to his head than the rest of his body. This is also called foreshortening a technique I looked at in earlier exercises.

What I didn’t do very well in this exercise is focus on tone. I spent so much time trying to work on the proportions and get the shapes right that I didn’t get much opportunity in the 10 minutes to focus on the darker and lighter areas. This is something in need to work on in my future drawings.

Overall I am mostly pleased with my drawings. I mostly captured the shape and proportions of my husband, however I am aware that I do have a long way to go in accuracy. I also need to quicken up so I have time to include tonal elements also.